Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (Hebrew: חיים עוזר גראדזענסקי; August 24, 1863 – August 9, 1940) was a Av beis din (rabbinical chief justice), posek (halakhic authority), and Talmudic scholar in Vilnius, Lithuania in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for over 55 years. He played an instrumental role in preserving Lithuanian yeshivas during the Communist era, and Polish and Russian yeshivas of Poland and during the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, when he arranged for these yeshivas to relocate to Lithuanian cities.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski | |
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Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (right) conversing with Rabbi Shimon Shkop | |
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| Born | August 24, 1863 9 Elul 5623 AM (Hebrew calendar) |
| Died | August 9, 1940 (aged 76) 5 Av 5700 AM (Hebrew calendar) Vilnius, Soviet Lithuania |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Parent | Rabbi David Shlomo Grodzinski |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Alma mater | Volozhin yeshiva |
| Occupation | Rav of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Other | Leader of Lithuanian and European Jewry |
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